Design

News about Design, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 27, 2015

Krn Johnson reviews exhibition Everything Is Design: The Work of Paul Rand at Museum of the City of New York. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Laser cutters and computer-controlled milling machines are coming out of industrial workshops and planting themselves on desktops. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne, Germany, hosts exhibition System Design: More Than 100 Years of Everyday Chaos. MORE

Dec. 31, 2014

Erik Piepenburg presents his six favorite theatrical posters of 2014 along with excerpts from conversations with their creators. MORE

Dec. 25, 2014

Q&A with graphic designer Louise Sandhaus, who talks about her process of choosing some of the California-themed pieces for her book Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California Graphic Design, 1936-1986. MORE

Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

Interactive exhibits at newly renovated Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum encourages visitors to play games and create their own designs. MORE

Dec. 4, 2014

Tokyo design exhibition The Fab Mind celebrates art of repair, combining historic and contemporary examples of artform known in Japanese as Tsukuroi; exhibition includes pieces of aesthetic creativity applied to humanitarian ends, like recycling and anti-land mine devices. MORE

Oct. 30, 2014

Museum of Arts and Design hosts exhibition of contemporary Latin American design with many works that use 'upcycled' waste materials. MORE

Sep. 8, 2014

The real issue may be that most airline seats are not designed to fully accommodate the human body in its various shapes and sizes. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

Travel Q&A with home decor designer Michael Aram, regular at Delhi’s bazaars and craft markets; talks about where he spots designers and watches craft demonstrations. MORE

Jul. 29, 2014

Alfred A Knopf associate art director Peter Mendelsund, who has designed book covers for scores of authors, is writing his own book What We See When We Read; describes challenge of creating his own cover. MORE

Jul. 15, 2014

The Museum of Modern Art has picked a Swiss art history professor to be its new curator for architecture. MORE

Jul. 7, 2014

Exhibits Rapid Response Collecting and Disobedient Objects, both at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, push boundaries of museum collecting and design; former exhibit offers new approach to how museums codify contemporary items as historical, while latter showcases material made by social movements worldwide. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

Design Miami/Basel, part of the semiannual Art Basel fair, opens in Switzerland with new feature called Design at Large, curated by Barney's New York creative director, Dennis Freedman. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

Kyle DeWoody, founder and creative director of Grey Area, Brooklyn-based boutique that commissions and sells design objects by contemporary artists, discusses plans to take company to Hamptons and bi-coastal. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, on Fifth Avenue in New York City, is offering news media preview of nearly completed $91 million renovation of mansion that it calls home; museum, which is reopening after three years, is highlighting its role as institution that showcases importance of design in way that appeals to all kinds of visitors. MORE

Jun. 12, 2014

New York design gallery Mondo Cane has new name and address, opening as Patrick Parrish, few blocks from old TriBeCa location; Parrish considered closing gallery after almost 15 years and going online exclusively, but decided to relocate instead. MORE

May. 29, 2014

Mark left by remarkable career of renowned designer Massimo Vignelli, who died at age of 83, continues to be felt broadly; more than 1,000 cards and letters, part of campaign started by his son Luca to invite all whose lives had been touched by him to express gratitude, poured in after he had been hospitalized for irreparable heart condition. MORE

May. 28, 2014

Massimo Vignelli, acclaimed graphic designer who gave Modernist shape to book covers, shopping bags, furniture, corporate logos and New York City subway map, dies at age 83; Vignelli, who was admirer of architects Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, moved to New York from Italy in mid-1960s with hope of propagating design aesthetic inspired by their ideal of functional beauty. MORE

Apr. 27, 2014

Auto designers, having lavished attention on the grilles of cars to establish brand identity, have turned their focus to air intakes located on the sides of bumpers. MORE

Mar. 13, 2014

Graphic designer Louise Fili has created line of Perfetto Pencils, inspired by Italian flea market finds, as gift products for Princeton Architectural Press. MORE

Mar. 13, 2014

Wolfsonian-Florida International University museum in Miami Beach will host its first Power of Design festival in March, with well-known thinkers discussing the topic complaint as source of inspiration. MORE

Feb. 27, 2014

Designers are working with food in growing numbers, equipped with new technologies and motivation to solve problems of scarcity, obesity and waste, and encouraged by radically changing tastes. MORE

Jan. 6, 2014

With people uploading all kinds of data about the economy, weather and even their favorite sweaters, designers are straining for new ways to express information. MORE

Dec. 30, 2013

Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, known as D.school, continues to make global impact by encouraging its design students to find out what is most useful in real world; school has churned out dozens of innovative products and start-ups since it opened eight years ago, making model envy of universities worldwide. MORE

Dec. 19, 2013

Cat fan Kate Benjamin has created her life and business around cat-related design and interior decorating; her blog Hauspanther describes itself as 'online magazine for design-conscious cat people' and a consulting business built around tailoring one's living space to cats without sacrificing aesthetics is forthcoming. MORE

Dec. 17, 2013

A new exhibition pays tribute to Deborah Sussman, whose work, from graphics for the Hollywood Bowl to environmental design for the 1984 Olympics, had an outsize impact on the visual culture of Los Angeles. MORE

Dec. 12, 2013

Exhibit and sale Ettore Sottsass: Important Works From a Private Collection at Christie's offers rare look into designer's working life. MORE

Dec. 5, 2013

Craig Robins, developer who developed Miami Design District from moribund area of city and who founded DesignMiami event, is ramping up his efforts to transform neighborhood; Robin's company Dacra is partnering with L Real Estate to make district into hive of art, architecture, fine restaurants and high fashion. MORE

Nov. 30, 2013

Ruedi Baur, designer known for creating navigational signage for the Louvre and Rodin Museums in Paris, as well as at Vienna Airport, has been hired to develop 'way-finding' system for New School's new University Center; school hopes that Baur's system will bring cutting-edge vision as well as sense of place to unique building. MORE

Nov. 1, 2013

Ken Johnson reviews design exhibit Designing Modern Women 1890-1990 at Museum of Modern Art. MORE

Nov. 1, 2013

Roberta Smith reviews survey of works by British graphic designer Richard Hollis at Artists Space. MORE

Oct. 30, 2013

Some elements of Cadillac concept car called the Elmiraj are likely to be adopted in future production cars; concept, which began as a designer's sketch, had to win over General Motors executives before it could progress. MORE

Oct. 30, 2013

Increasing numbers of women are becoming interested in automobile design, field traditionally dominated by men. MORE

Oct. 18, 2013

All under 40, they’re deploying next-level technologies to create products, projects and experiences that test the limits of design — and our imaginations. MORE

Oct. 17, 2013

Chip Kidd, noted graphic artist and novelist, discusses his new book Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design; book teaches principals of form, content, color and type in manner accessible to children. MORE

Oct. 11, 2013

After decades of violent conflict, Serbia’s capital is emerging as a stylish, design-savvy destination that has embraced the 21st century head on. MORE

Sep. 29, 2013

Michelle Obama hosts luncheon for 2013 National Design Awards honorees, who include architects, fashion designers, urban planners and others who work in design fields from fashion to architecture. MORE

Sep. 12, 2013

In fashion and design, minimalism’s disciplined purity and utilitarian ethos are its own kind of religion. MORE

Jul. 7, 2013

Download interview with Susan Kare, independent digital designer who started her career at Apple and created graphics and fonts for the original Macintosh computer; offers recommendations for books and other forms of entertainment. MORE

Jul. 3, 2013

A festival and exhibition in the city of Hyères showcases Europe’s up-and-coming designers, alongside one established star. MORE

Jul. 2, 2013

New York City park benches have morphed into a blank canvas on which designers, landscape architects and artists have unleashed their fantasies; park visitors can now enjoy novel designs like wooden chaises roomy enough for two, bar-stool-style perches with river view, communal work stations for laptop users and even hammocks. MORE

Jun. 20, 2013

Phaidon is set to publish Shiro Kuramata, two-volume book about groundbreaking Japanese designer. MORE

Jun. 19, 2013

Vivian Marino 30-Minute Interview with Shen Milsom & Wilke founder and chairman Fred T Shen; consulting and design firm's current projects include World Trade Center transportation hub in New York City. MORE

May. 23, 2013

Geoff Manaugh, design and architecture journalist and new editor of tech blog Gizmodo, discusses how blog will change under his editorship and relationship of design and technology. MORE

May. 23, 2013

Exhibit Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907, at Neue Galerie, is first American museum retrospective devoted to Austrian artist and designer. MORE

May. 9, 2013

Toy designer Leah Dumigan discusses her acceptance into Museum of Modern Art Design Store's Destination: Design series as well as creativity and inspiration behind her work. MORE

May. 2, 2013

Jack Sanders, founder of Texas design company Design Build Adventure, runs Heavy Metal camp, three-day design-build workshop in Austin where five strangers learn to weld against backdrop of country music and local food. MORE